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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9066 

To require an assessment by the Department of Homeland Security regarding 

threats within the United States posed by the Republic of Cuba, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 18, 2024 

Mr. GIMENEZ (for himself and Mr. MENENDEZ) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To require an assessment by the Department of Homeland 

Security regarding threats within the United States 

posed by the Republic of Cuba, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cuba Threat Assess5 ment Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT ON THREATS WITHIN THE UNITED 

7 STATES POSED BY THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA. 

8 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

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1 after for five years, the Under Secretary for Intelligence 

2 and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security, 

3 in consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal 

4 departments or agencies as the Under Secretary deter5 mines appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate con6 gressional committees an assessment regarding threats 

7 within the United States posed by the Republic of Cuba. 

8 (b) COORDINATION.—The threat assessments under 

9 subsection (a)— 

10 (1) shall be coordinated with the Office of the 

11 General Counsel, the Privacy Office, and the Office 

12 for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the Depart13 ment of Homeland Security prior to release outside 

14 the Department to ensure each such assessment 

15 complies with applicable law and protects individ16 uals’ privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties; and 

17 (2) may be informed by existing products, as 

18 appropriate. 

19 (c) FORM.—The threat assessments under subsection 

20 (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in21 clude a classified annex. The Under Secretary for Intel22 ligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Se23 curity shall post on a publicly available website of the De24 partment an unclassified portion of such assessments. 


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1 (d) BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after the sub2 mission of each threat assessment under subsection (a), 

3 the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the 

4 Department of Homeland Security shall provide to the ap5 propriate congressional committees a briefing regarding 

6 each such assessment. The head of any other Federal rel7 evant department or agency referred to in such subsection 

8 shall join the Under Secretary for any such briefing if any 

9 such committee determines such is appropriate. 

10 (e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE11 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres12 sional committees’’ means the Committee on Homeland 

13 Security and the Permanent Select Committee on Intel14 ligence of the House of Representatives, and the Com15 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

16 and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

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